Installation problems with MAC

I am a windows user who got a new mac laptop (work with institutional license). I installed it and activated but it does not work (neither the editor nor the compiler). 

[Walter Roberson]

The compiler requires installing xcode and the xcode command line tools. If you are using the most recent MacOS version it is also common to need to edit some configuration files, but that depends on OS release and matlab version.

The editor problem sounds similar to what some people were experiencing with r2019b on Catalina. I think upgrading to Update 4 was said to fix that.

Which MATLAB version are you using, and which MacOS release?

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[Daniel Garcia]

Thanks!

I do not have space for xcode. Should I free up space? Together with Matlab this basically covers my hard disk...

I installed the r2019b on Catalina indeed. I actually updated the OS since the old version I had was incompatible. Should I move to an older version?

I wish I could give more details but there is not much to work with. Matlab 'opens' but nothing happens and quickly gets stucked and I have to force quit. I tried to install it again but the result did not change.

[Walter Roberson]

Catalina uses about 8 gigabytes of disk. MATLAB uses 2 gigabytes to 13 gigabytes depending which toolboxes you install, with 6-8 gigabytes being common. Xcode is about 10 gigabytes. So roughly 30 gigabytes between them. You should be fine on a system with 64 gigabytes or larger.

If you are using MATLAB on a MacBook Air... Those were never offered with less than 120 gigabytes.